| Literature DB >> 23903830 |
Nadezhda E Yun1, Alexey V Seregin, David H Walker, Vsevolod L Popov, Aida G Walker, Jeanon N Smith, Milagros Miller, Juan C de la Torre, Jennifer K Smith, Viktoriya Borisevich, Joseph N Fair, Nadia Wauquier, Donald S Grant, Bayon Bockarie, Dennis Bente, Slobodan Paessler.
Abstract
Lassa fever (LF) is a potentially lethal human disease that is caused by the arenavirus Lassa virus (LASV). Annually, around 300,000 infections with up to 10,000 deaths occur in regions of Lassa fever endemicity in West Africa. Here we demonstrate that mice lacking a functional STAT1 pathway are highly susceptible to infection with LASV and develop lethal disease with pathology similar to that reported in humans.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23903830 PMCID: PMC3807383 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01433-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103